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Newsrail
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EditorJohn Hawthorne
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 5,000
PublisherVictorian Rail Publishing Inc.
Founded1973
CountryAustralia
Based in Melbourne, Victoria
LanguageEnglish
Website www.vicrailpublishing.com.au
ISSN 0310-7477

Newsrail is a monthly railway magazine covering the railways and tramways of Victoria, Australia. It was launched in January 1973 by the Victorian Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society, superseding Divisional Diary, that had been published by the society since November 1957. [1] [2] [3]

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Since May 2020, the magazine has been published by Victorian Rail Publishing Inc. [4]

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References

  1. Here & There Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 424, February 1973, page 2
  2. "Fifteen Years of Change". Newsrail . Vol. 16, no. 1. Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. January 1988. pp. 4–7. ISSN   0310-7477. OCLC   19676396.
  3. Newsrail. OCLC   19676396 via Worldcat.org.
  4. "Victorian Rail Publishing Inc". 29 July 2020.
  5. "Newsrail - a retrospective". Newsrail . Vol. 48, no. 4. Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. April 2020. p. 125. ISSN   0310-7477. OCLC   19676396.